regiment

\rɘʒiˈment\

/\rɘʒiˈment\/ noun

The verdict

“regiment” is uncommon French (frequency #63,293 among 5,742 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,293
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Régiment.

Corpus desk

Index FR-regiment · regiment · French

regiment · rank #63,293 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,293
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH regardions

Nearest frequency peer: regardions (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « regiment »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « regiment » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for regiment
PropertyValue
Headwordregiment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\rɘʒiˈment\
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,293
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « regiment » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).regimenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « regardions » (#63,292), « regretteront » (#63,294), « regarderez » (#63,291). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « regiment » est au #63,293. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

regiment is uncommon French at frequency #63,293 among 5,742 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \rɘʒiˈment\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Régiment.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for regiment, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is regiment, spelled R-E-G-I-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Régiment.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regiment"?
"regiment" is spelled R-E-G-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \rɘʒiˈment\.
What does "regiment" mean?
As a noun, "regiment" means: Régiment.
How do you pronounce "regiment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regiment" is \rɘʒiˈment\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regiment" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regiment", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list